Heritage

Port Melbourne’s Princes Pier comes into its own in January each year with two festivals of a multicultural nature – Theofania and the Piers Festival. Theofania marks the the baptism of Christ in the River Jordan. Young men dive into the water to retrieve a cross cast into the water.
Someone …

The Pier Hotel and Morley’s coal depot* are strong anchors at the entrance to Bay Street. Each building embodies a strong story of Port Melbourne. A hotel has been on this site since Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn Liardet established a hotel here in 1840. This week we mark his arrival.
It’s easy at …

An international Conference in Melbourne last week took stock of the status of heritage conservation in Melbourne. Melbourne's heritage is facing intense pressure similar to the situation in the 1970s when many significant Victorian era buildings were lost. This stimulated the establishment of a …

There was a time when black coal from Newcastle arrived at Town Pier at the end of Bay Street, Port Melbourne. The supply was erratic. The coal was transported via a small horse drawn tram to the Gasworks to be made into town gas.
The production processes were dirty. Workers baked the coal in …

The innovation and possibilities of the prefabricated building industry to meet future housing challenges were showcased at a Conference in Melbourne this week.
The industry acknowledges that prefabrication is on a path of accelerated evolution rather than being a novel approach.
There are a …

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Transformation and transition

Port Places respectfully acknowledges the Yaluk-ut Weelam Clan of the Boon Wurrung of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders – past and present. We acknowledge and uphold their continuing relationship to this land.